Places
- Ackerman, California, former settlement in Placer County, California, United States
- Ackerman, Mississippi, town in Choctaw County, Mississippi, United States
- Ackerman Island, sandbar in the Arkansas River near Wichita, Kansas, United States
- Ackerman Nunatak, ridge of the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica
- Ackerman Ridge, ridge of the Queen Maud Mountains, Antarctica
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